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¨,-†%@¶### Lot  Of  Us Have Antennas On Our  Houses ###¶@%†-,¨
¨,-†%$@¶## Or  Balconies,   We  Have   Built  Large ##¶@$%†-,¨
¨,-†%%%$@# Antennas For Larger  Bandwith,  We  Have #@$%%%†-,¨
¨,-†%$@¶##     Build Specialized Antennaes For      ##¶@$%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶## Into Orbit), We'Ve Built Large  As  Fuck ##¶@$%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶##         Dish As Large As Earth.          ##¶@$%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶## We'Ve  Learned About Our Position In The ##¶@$%†-,¨
¨,-†%$@###      Solar System, Our Solar Systems     ###@$%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶## Center  Of  The  Galaxy  At Velocity And ##¶@$%†-,¨
¨,-†%$@¶## The  Galaxy  Is Moving Toward  Andromeda ##¶@$%†-,¨
¨¨¨¨---%@¶    And We'Re Both Moving Anticlockwise   ¶@%---¨¨¨¨
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¨,-†%@¶### Radio Programmes  Out  In Fucking  Space ###¶@%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶##     Collective Consciousness Lowpass     ##¶@$%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶## Beaming Of  All  Our  Secrets  In  Every ##¶@$%†-,¨
¨,-†%$@@@¶          Direction Known To Us,          ¶@@@$%†-,¨
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¨,-†%$@¶## But  Really  Isn'T   That  Keeping   The ##¶@$%†-,¨
¨,-†%$@¶##      Definition Of Life Really Lax?      ##¶@$%†-,¨
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